Meaning of "shotgun" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF SHOTGUN

shotgun  [ˈʃɒtˌɡʌn]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHOTGUN

Shotgun is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb shotgun in English.

WHAT DOES SHOTGUN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shotgun

A shotgun is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug. Shotguns come in a wide variety of sizes, ranging from 5.5 mm bore up to 5 cm bore, and in a range of firearm operating mechanisms, including breech loading, single-barreled, double or combination gun, pump-action, bolt-, and lever-action, semi-automatic, and even fully automatic variants. A shotgun is generally a smoothbore firearm, which means that the inside of the barrel is not rifled. Preceding smoothbore firearms, such as the musket, were widely used by armies in the 18th century. The direct ancestor to the shotgun, the blunderbuss, was also used in a similar variety of roles from self defence to riot control. It was often used by cavalry troops due to its generally shorter length and ease of use, as well as by coachmen for its substantial power. However, in the 19th century, these weapons were largely replaced on the battlefield with breechloading rifled firearms, which were more accurate over longer ranges.

Definition of shotgun in the English dictionary

The first definition of shotgun in the dictionary is a shoulder firearm with unrifled bore designed for the discharge of small shot at short range and used mainly for hunting small game. Other definition of shotgun is an offensive formation in which the quarterback lines up for a snap unusually far behind the line of scrimmage. Shotgun is also involving coercion or duress.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHOTGUN

PRESENT

Present

I shotgun

you shotgun

he/she/it shotguns

we shotgun

you shotgun

they shotgun

Present continuous

I am shotgunning

you are shotgunning

he/she/it is shotgunning

we are shotgunning

you are shotgunning

they are shotgunning

Present perfect

I have shotgunned

you have shotgunned

he/she/it has shotgunned

we have shotgunned

you have shotgunned

they have shotgunned

Present perfect continuous

I have been shotgunning

you have been shotgunning

he/she/it has been shotgunning

we have been shotgunning

you have been shotgunning

they have been shotgunning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I shotgunned

you shotgunned

he/she/it shotgunned

we shotgunned

you shotgunned

they shotgunned

Past continuous

I was shotgunning

you were shotgunning

he/she/it was shotgunning

we were shotgunning

you were shotgunning

they were shotgunning

Past perfect

I had shotgunned

you had shotgunned

he/she/it had shotgunned

we had shotgunned

you had shotgunned

they had shotgunned

Past perfect continuous

I had been shotgunning

you had been shotgunning

he/she/it had been shotgunning

we had been shotgunning

you had been shotgunning

they had been shotgunning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will shotgun

you will shotgun

he/she/it will shotgun

we will shotgun

you will shotgun

they will shotgun

Future continuous

I will be shotgunning

you will be shotgunning

he/she/it will be shotgunning

we will be shotgunning

you will be shotgunning

they will be shotgunning

Future perfect

I will have shotgunned

you will have shotgunned

he/she/it will have shotgunned

we will have shotgunned

you will have shotgunned

they will have shotgunned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been shotgunning

you will have been shotgunning

he/she/it will have been shotgunning

we will have been shotgunning

you will have been shotgunning

they will have been shotgunning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would shotgun

you would shotgun

he/she/it would shotgun

we would shotgun

you would shotgun

they would shotgun

Conditional continuous

I would be shotgunning

you would be shotgunning

he/she/it would be shotgunning

we would be shotgunning

you would be shotgunning

they would be shotgunning

Conditional perfect

I would have shotgun

you would have shotgun

he/she/it would have shotgun

we would have shotgun

you would have shotgun

they would have shotgun

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been shotgunning

you would have been shotgunning

he/she/it would have been shotgunning

we would have been shotgunning

you would have been shotgunning

they would have been shotgunning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you shotgun
we let´s shotgun
you shotgun

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to shotgun

Past participle

shotgunned

Present Participle

shotgunning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF SHOTGUN

Find out the translation of shotgun to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of shotgun from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shotgun» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 霰弹枪
• Translator English - Spanish: escopeta
• English: shotgun
• Translator English - Hindi: शॉटगन
• Translator English - Arabic: بُنْدُقِيَّةٌ رَشّ
• Translator English - Russian: дробовик
• Translator English - Portuguese: espingarda
• Translator English - Bengali: শটগান
• Translator English - French: fusil
• Translator English - Malay: Senapang
• Translator English - German: Schrotflinte
• Translator English - Japanese: 散弾銃
• Translator English - Korean: 산탄총
• Translator English - Javanese: Shotgun
• Translator English - Vietnamese: súng săn
• Translator English - Tamil: பலவந்தமான
• Translator English - Marathi: लहान बंदूक
• Translator English - Turkish: pompalı tüfek
• Translator English - Italian: fucile da caccia
• Translator English - Polish: śrutówka
• Translator English - Ukrainian: дробовик
• Translator English - Romanian: pușcă
• Translator English - Greek: κυνηγετικό όπλο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: haelgeweer
• Translator English - Swedish: hagelbössa
• Translator English - Norwegian: hagle

8 QUOTES WITH «SHOTGUN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shotgun.

1

Bonnie Jo Campbell

We have a shotgun we inherited from my father-in-law, a paranoid Englishman living in Texas. I have a .22 Marlin rifle, similar to the one Annie Oakley had, and my husband has a .357 Magnum pistol. All those are locked up tight, of course. We have a couple of pellet guns that get more use than the real guns.

2

Truman Capote

Well, I'm about as tall as a shotgun, and just as noisy.

3

Dashiell Hammett

It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.

4

Jennifer Lawrence

My cousin cleaned out a shotgun for me and let me carry it around the house, because he said, 'Anybody who knows anything about guns is going to know in a second if someone has held a gun before.' I didn't want to be that person. I wanted to be practiced.

5

Jon Meacham

I am a southerner who grew up with and around guns. I own some still. My father gave me a .22 rifle when I was 9 and a single barrel .410 shotgun when I was 10.

6

Roger Tory Peterson

I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them.

7

Tom Selleck

To me, the excitement is in ordering a fine shotgun, going through the process that everybody who has bought one has gone through for 100 years. You order it, you make a significant down payment, and then you wait three or four years for the gun to be custom-made for you.

8

Robert Wilson

As a very young man growing up in Texas, usually I got a shotgun or cowboy boots for Christmas.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHOTGUN»

Discover the use of shotgun in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shotgun and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Shotgun Lovesongs: A Novel

Though the town may have changed, the one thing that hasn’t is the beauty of the Wisconsin farmland, the lure of which, in Nickolas Butler’s hands, emerges as a vibrant character in the story.

Nickolas Butler, 2014

Gun Digest Book of The Tactical Shotgun

Accessories. Tactical Shotgun is the essential guide to selecting and using a shotgun for defense. Whether your concern is self-defense, home defense or law enforcement, author Scott Wagner's advice will help you make informed decisions.

Scott W. Wagner, 2011

Shotgun

THE STORY: In SHOTGUN, set four months after the collapse of defective levees in New Orleans, a white man and his teenaged son, having lost their house to the flood, rent half of a shotgun duplex from an African-American woman, whose father ...

John Biguenet, 2011

, said the shotgun to the head.

The greatest Americans Have not been born yet They are waiting quietly For their past to die please give blood Here is the account of a man so ravished by a kiss that it distorts his highest and lowest frequencies of understanding into an ...

Saul Williams, 2009

Shotgun!

Pursuing a ruthless gang of cattle rustlers who are out to capture every steer in Miles City, Buckskin Lee Morgan has his hands full ferreting out every vicious outlaw--and seducing every young cowgirl in the territory. Original.

Kit Dalton, 1995

Shotgun Opera

Unless Uncle Mike can stop her. As kill teams descend on Foley’s farm, one pissed-off ex—tough guy is about to take a final, all-or-nothing stand with shotguns blazing.... From the Paperback edition.

Victor Gischler, 2006

Shotgun

Rancher Blair Bishop of Two Forks, Texas, has too many enemies . . . and they are closing in on him.

Elmer Kelton, 2009

Riding Shotgun

Infidelity, single motherhood, family betrayal, and the thrill of the hunt (in many varieties) are hilariously and poignantly played out in this captivating novel of time travel and self-discovery. From the Paperback edition.

Rita Mae Brown, 2009

A Shotgun Wedding: The Conflict Between Science and Religion ...

In "A Shotgun Wedding," author Philip S. Radcliffe examines this conflict and debunks the fallacy that there is not room for God in science.

Philip S. Radcliffe, 2012

White Shotgun: The Sicilian Mafia in Their Own Words

From the most humble of foot soldiers to famous pentiti ('grasses') and top-level Bosses, this is a portrait of the men who live by a code of silence -- in their own words.

Attilio Bolzoni, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHOTGUN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shotgun is used in the context of the following news items.

Suspect arrested in shotgun slaying of woman who was walking in …

A 31-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with the slaying of a woman who was walking with her boyfriend in Hollywood earlier this month when a ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»

Suspect with sawed-off shotgun shot, killed by Newport News police

On Monday, police said they had learned the shotgun was reported stolen in Hampton in 2013, but had no way of knowing if Beaty was the suspect in the ... «WAVY-TV, Jul 15»

7 injured in 2nd Philadelphia shotgun shooting within 48 hours: police

Seven people, including three young children, have been injured in a shotgun attack in a Philadelphia neighborhood – marking the second similar attack in less ... «New York Daily News, Jun 15»

Sawed-off shotguns legal in Indiana starting July 1

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (June 19, 2015)– Starting July 1, a new law will make it legal to manufacture, sell or own a sawed-off shotgun in the Hoosier state. But, gun ... «Fox 59, Jun 15»

Ohio man charged with reckless homicide in fatal shotgun shooting …

They say Catalde was showing the boy a new shotgun when he pointed it at Jesse and pulled the trigger. Catalde said he didn't think the shotgun was loaded. «Fox News, May 15»

Cornell University student charged in shotgun murder of CEO dad

A Cornell University student gunned down his CEO father with a shotgun at the family's home in a wealthy Rochester suburb, authorities said. Charles Tan, 19 ... «New York Daily News, Feb 15»

11-Year-Old Girl Uses Shotgun to Save Herself From Home Invader

An 11-year-old girl in Michigan was able to defend herself from a man who broke into her home late last week. The girl hid in a closet after a man entered her ... «Washington Free Beacon, Feb 15»

New Hope: 'Straw' deal alleged in gunman's shotgun purchase

The man, Michael Ronald Garant, 42, could still be charged federally, however, for allegedly picking up three shotguns at Full Metal Gun Shop in Princeton, ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jan 15»

E. Wash. man fires shotgun inside hospital emergency room

YAKIMA, Wash. - Police say a man who fired a shotgun in the emergency room of Sunnyside Community Hospital hoped to provoke an officer into "suicide by ... «KOMO News, Dec 14»

Charges: Jealousy over loss of ex-girlfriend fueled shotgun killing of …

Court documents say the suspect in the Monday death of a Barrow assistant district attorney shot him in the face with a shotgun, after the victim began to date the ... «KTUU.com, Dec 14»